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Friday, 10 June 2016

Traders Bet On Oil Rally Surge

How Far Can Oil Rally? Options Investors Bet on Surge Above $100

Oil investors are buying contracts that will only pay out if crude rises well above $100 a barrel over the next four years — a clear sign some believe today’s bust is sowing the seeds of the next boom. The options deals, which brokers said bear the hallmarks of trades made by hedge funds, appear to be based on the belief that current low prices will generate a supply crunch as oil companies cut billions of dollars in spending on developing fields. The International Energy Agency forecasts that non-OPEC supply will suffer its biggest decline in more than two decades this year. “The market faces a supply crunch in the next 24 months,” said Francisco Blanch, head of commodities research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. “Some hedge funds are betting that oil prices will need to rise sharply to bring demand down again — that’s […]

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Bond rally breaks records as investors race to safety

Global economy anxieties and Brexit fears take a grip on sentiment

The global rally in government bonds broke records on Friday while equities buckled as a combination of anxiety over the world economy and Britain’s referendum on EU membership sent investors racing to safety.

Bears took charge of financial markets already grappling with the effects of negative interest rates in the eurozone and Japan as European equities suffered their worst day since the market meltdown at the start of the year.

“To see the 10-year Bund [yield] so close to zero is shocking,” said Philip Brown, head of sovereign capital markets at Citigroup. “Equities are falling and fixed income is rallying in a flight to quality — there are real fears in markets about global growth.”

German, UK and Japanese sovereign bond yields all reached historic lows with the yield on the 10-year Bund — a benchmark for the eurozone — falling as low as 0.01 per cent. Gold also rallied as deeper risk aversion dashed any hopes that US stocks would reach a new high this week.

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